First Bad Man Meets First Self-Defending Woman

“He stole our prettiest gals, too,” says narrator Tex Ritter about the title character of The First Bad Man (released in 1955). The Stone Age desperado scoops up the women in a saloon and takes his pick. However, she can take care of herself.



Ed Benedict, who designed the Flintstones a few years later, designed the characters in this Tex Avery cartoon. Walt Clinton, Ray Patterson, Mike Lah and Grant Simmons are the credited animators.